which brand should i get for the r9 280x ???

[DunTheSlayer]

hello folks
I will get straight to the point.I saw a solid deal on a Sapphire R9 280X on amazon. only 229$ ! And it's a bang for your buck i mean just WOW. But had to think about it because my friend had a problem with his R9 290 and he had to replace it with a new one (clearly it was from sapphire).
so should i cancel the idea of purchasing it or go ahead with it (i have a reference Sapphire 7790 card and it got a lot of beating in the last two years and still working) so any ideas of a better brand with insane cooling and low noise with a good memory chip ??

 

[Gam3r01]

Sapphire is the name to beat in terms of AMD cards.
I recommend them time and time again, high quality, great cooling, and great customer support.

 

[manmeetpaul]

it's the same chip, brand doesn't matter. Get the one which is available at the lowest rate. No card will go wrong. It's always better to save some bucks.
Best of luck

 

[Gam3r01]

You have to account in the various aftermarket coolers and non reference PCBs. They arent all the same (IE ASUS has less than average Vram cooling)

 

[DunTheSlayer]

thanks guys. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FLMKNE0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
it's a non reference card. after looking around i found a Powercolor with the same price and also non reference !

 

[Gam3r01]

How about a step up to a Vapor-X?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202137&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[DunTheSlayer]

HOLY #^@#$^#^^#^ @% . newegg shut up and take my money !!! thinks dude

 

[Gam3r01]

I remember when I purchased my 760, the 280x was 460 dollars due to mining.
Ahh... how things change.